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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

June 6, 201316 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this flash flood watch at Jun 6, 2013, 4:59 AM EDT for 16 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina; Elbert County, Hart County, Georgia. It took effect at Jun 6, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2013, 4:59 AM EDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2013, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Flood severity
None
All 26 counties

Elbert County, GA, Hart County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davie County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Union County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Anderson County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 4:30 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:51 PM EDT, 13 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

GAZ029-NCZ036-037-056-057-069>072-082-SCZ008-009-011>014-019-062000-
ELBERT-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-
CABARRUS-UNION NC-CHEROKEE-YORK-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
PIEDMONT OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS
EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY ORGANIZING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY MOVE UP THE SOUTHEAST
COAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE LOW AS
IT IS STILL IN ITS ORGANIZING STAGES. HOWEVER...IF THE LOW TRACKS
FAR ENOUGH INLAND...A PERIOD OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WITH AN
ENHANCED FLOODING THREAT IS POSSIBLE OVER THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...EVEN IF THERE IS NO DIRECT
IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM...ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-NCZ033-035-048>053-058-059-062>065-068-
501>510-SCZ001>007-010-062000-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-AVERY-ALEXANDER-MADISON-
YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON-
SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-
POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON-
351 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND MAY DROP LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO A FEW AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A FRONTAL SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES AND ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE
AREA FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS TO
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING THIS
PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMacon105 min
Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPBurke, Catawba, McDowell58 min
Jun 5, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAlexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Iredell, McDowell and 3 more53 min
Jun 5, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCatawba4 hr
Jun 5, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison3 hr
Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPGaston, Mecklenburg55 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMecklenburg114 min
Jun 6, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus65 min
Jun 6, 4:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPCabarrus2 hr
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg, Union58 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPMadison3 hr
Jun 6, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPUnion3 hr
Jun 6, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPCabarrus, Mecklenburg6 hr
Jun 6, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPAvery, Mitchell, Yancey56 min
Jun 6, 7:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningGSPMadison3 hr
Jun 5, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPOconee37 min
Jun 5, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPOconee, Pickens60 min
Jun 6, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPYork2 hr
Jun 6, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPAnderson118 min
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementGSPHabersham, Rabun52 min
Jun 6, 1:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPHart110 min
Jun 6, 7:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGSPStephens107 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Carolina, 2013Flash Flood Watches in South Carolina, 2013Flash Flood Watches in Georgia, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.